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J. 'P. CARR, Sr.

THRASHING MACHINE. No. 372,118. nted 001;. 25.1887.

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iJ'NirsD STATES PATENT OFFICE i JOHN '1. onus, sn, or nnoonsron,INDIANA.

THRASHING- lVlACHlNE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,118, dated October25, 1887:

-Application filed August 5, i886.

Serial No. 210,056. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it-known that 1, JOHN P. CARR, Sr., of the town of Brookston, countyof \Vhite, and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Thrashinglilaehines,of which the following isaspecification.

The object of my said invention is to economize in the cost ofconstruction of thrashing machinery and in the labor necessary tooperate the same.

This object is accomplished by constructing in a single machine theusual thrasher and the engine for driving the same,and for propelling itthrough the field, together with platform, tables, and bin, all arrangedin a convenient manner, nd to form a compact and complete machine, whichwill enable the operation of thrashing the grainto be carried on whilethe machine is in motion.

By the use of my invention the cost of construction is not onlylessened, but, by reason of the ability to keep the machine travelingwhile it is being operated, the grain can be thrashed directly from theshock, and thus the expense of hauling it from the shock to the machinewholly avoided. V

In the accompanying drawing, I show a machine constructed in accordancewith my invention as it appears when in operation; and inthe drawing theportions marked A represent the body of the thrasher; B, the boiler oftheengine; U, the tender to said engine, and D an extended platform toreceive the sheaves of grain, and on which the men stand who feed thegrain to the machine. These several parts in themselves are not peculiarin construction,- but are combined and arranged to carry out my object.A single set of sills, A, extends throughout the machine and forms thebase or frame-work for the thrasher, the engine, and the platform, asshown, the rear ends of said sills being securely bolted to the sides ofthe boiler.

The engine is connected to the main driving whcels I), and thus propelsthe machine; and also, by means of the belt B, is connected to anddrives the thrashing-cylinder and the other mechanism by other belts, asshown, or as may be desired. The engine is connected to thedriving-wheel by slowly-moving gear,

so that the movement of the machine across the field while thrashing isvery slow-mot exceeding one-fourth of the speed of a walking horseandthus the man whose duty it is to pitch the slrei'tves from the shock tothe platform D generally can do so while the machine is passing a givenshock, and then walk to the next, ready to repeat the operation as thema chine comes to the proper relative position thereto.

The speed may be made adjustable by any.

of the well-known means; and so, when the) grain is heavy and the shocksconseiquently near together, the engineer or the man in guide themachine in its course. Said'wheels b, supportingone end of the frame,and the wheels b, supporting the other, constitute a single set ofwheels, working similarly to any set of wheels under any'frame orcarriage. I

The straw, as indicated in the drawing, is scattered over the field, andis left in the best possible place to be plowed under and thus" serve asa fertilizer, or it may be burned, as

desired, and the expensive and useless operation of stacking the strawis thus avoided and the expense saved.

Upon the top of the thrasher A is located'abin or hopper, A, into whichthe graiii, as it is thrashed, is carried by an elevator, A. This bin orhopper is provided with a spout, A,

which has a ilexiblejoint; andthus, when said bin or hopper is full,itcan be emptied by driving a wagon alongside the machine and arrangingthis spout to discharge into said wagon,

(a gate, at being provided therein,) this 'op eration being performedwithout stopping the machine, if desired, as will be readily understood.By this construction I provide a very compaet, complete, and cheapmachine, capa'- ble of performing the desired object,and'by the use ofwhich nearly all handling of the'graiu is avoided, it being even loadedonto the wagon, without the necessity of handling, by-

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means of the elevator, spout, and elevated position of the bin, asdescribcdr I am aware that machines have heretofore been constructedwhich were adapted to thrash the grain whilein motion, but am not awarethat the peculiar arrangement and construe lion herein set forth andclaimed are not new.

Having thus fully described my said invcntion, whatI claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination ofathrasher, an engine, and a frame, and wheels forsupporting the same, said engine being gearedtosaid thrasher to driveits thrashing mechanism and to the running gear to propel the entiremachine simultaneously with the operation of said thrashingmeehanism,suhstantially asset forth.

